Cost of living
Unit: LCU per international $
All 209 reporting countries — sort by value or name
209 countries · latest reported year each · PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per int'l $)
Purchasing-power-parity conversion factor for private household consumption. The number of units of local currency required to buy the same basket of consumer goods + services that 1 USD would buy in the United States. Sourced from the World Bank's International Comparison Program (ICP); 2021 cycle is the latest full round, with WB publishing annual interpolations between cycles. Higher value = your dollars stretch further locally for everyday consumption.
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Source: World Bank ICP (PA.NUS.PRVT.PP)Latest non-null value per country (209 reporting)
Across the 209 countries reporting, the world median is 6.2LCU per international $. Both columns are sorted purely by value — interpretation (whether higher is "better") depends on the indicator.
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